Custom ... changes the very nature of things; and what was honorable a thousand years ago, may probably be looked upon as infamous now.
When a person is found less guilty than he is suspected, he is concluded more innocent than he really is.
Whatever is done by design is always overdone.
A hero in one age will be a hero in another.
The motives even of our best actions will not always bear examination.
Truth is too weak to combat prejudice.